Lit: A Memoir
- Editore:
HarperAudio
- EAN:
9780061939006
- ISBN:
0061939005
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Lit: A Memoir
"Lit" follows Mary Karr's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness--and her astonishing resurrection. Karr's longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, Shakespeare-quoting poet produces a son they adore. But she can't outrun her apocalyptic past. She drinks herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide. A hair-raising stint in "The Mental Marriott" awakens her to the possibility of joy, and leads her to an unlikely faith. "Lit" is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. It is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it.